Device for rainwater pipes in buildings provided with cornices

ABSTRACT

A GUTTER ASSEMBLY INTENDED FOR USE IN BUILDINGS PROVIDED WITH ROOF CORNICES OF THE KIND CARRIED IN GENERALLY USHAPED MOUNTING MEMBERS. THE ROOF GUTTER IS MOUNTED IN SAID CORNICES SUCH THAT THE CORRECT FALL OF A GUTTER LENGTH IS EASILY OBTAINABLE AND THE INCLINATION GIVEN TO IT REMAINS EVEN UNDER CONSIDERABLE LOAD. TO OBTAIN THIS, THE MOUNTING MEMBERS ARE PROVIDED WITH STIRRUPS CARRYING THE GUTTER LENGTHS PROPER, THE SAID STIRRUPS BEING SLIDINGLY MOUNTED IN THE UPRIGHT LIMBS OF THE MOUNTING MEMBERS BY MEANS OF SLIDES WHICH MAY BE ADJUSTED TO DESIRED INCLINATION BY MEANS OF AN ARRANGEMENT OF HOLES AND A LOCKING MEANS.

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K. U. F. FASTH lll-.VHJI-I FOR RAINWATER PIPES IN BUILDINGS PROVIDED WITH CORNICES Filed July 22, 1970 2 Sheets-Sheet i3 United States Patent O U.S. Cl. 24S-48.2 6 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A gutter assembly intended for use in buildings provided with roof cornices of the kind carried in generally U- shaped mounting members. The roof gutter is mounted in said cornices such that the correct fall of a gutter length is easily obtainable and the inclination given to it remains even under considerable load. To obtain this, the mounting members are provided with stirrups carrying the gutter lengths proper, the said stirrups being slidingly mounted in the upright limbs of the mounting members by means of slides which may be adjusted to desired inclination by means of an arrangement of holes and a locking means.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to improvements in gutter assemblies for buildings provided with roof cornices of the kind in which cornices are carried by generally U-shaped mounting members in which are arranged stirrups for supporting a gutter length, and upwardly directed limbs of the mounting members are constructed as guides for slides between which opposite ends of the supporting stirrups are mounted, means being provided for adjustably securing the respective slides at heights which will impart a desired inclination to a gutter length supported in the stirrups.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to our invention in a gutter assembly of the kind set forth for buildings each slide is provided with at least one hole adapted to be aligned with any hole in a row of generally vertically spaced holes in the limb in which that slide is guided, and a locking member is adapted to be inserted into the pairs of aligned holes to maintain the slide at a predetermined height with respect to the limb in which it is guided.

This has the advantage that the correct fall for the gutter length can be set without difliculty and the gutter length can be given an inclination in which it remains even under substantial load.

This enables the mounting members to be of identical shape and coniiguration so that they are readily interchangeable. Similarly the supporting stirrups may be identical in construction as may also be the supporting brackets, by which the mounting means are secured to roof surfaces of a building.

By combining all these three components namely the mounting members, stirrups and brackets, into a single unit simplify the installation and maintenance of the gutter assembly.

Preferably each limb is provided with two parallel rows of holes and each slide is provided with two holes which are spaced apart by a distance corresponding to the spacing between the two rows of holes in the limbs, the rows of holes in the limb and the holes in the slide being relatively displaced vertically to provide a range of hole alignment positions intermediate the pitch between adjustment holes in the end of the two rows.

This increases the range of height positions at which slide can be maintained relative to the limb when the 3,667,717 Patented June 6, 19.72

locking member is passed through complementary aligned holes in the limb and the slide. f

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS One embodiment of our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which: f f FIG. 1 is a cross section through an assembly secured to the roof surfaces of a building and comprising a roof gutter in combination with a cornice; f FIG. 2 is a side elevation, shown partially in vertical section, through a unit according to the invention comprising a mounting member, a supporting stirrup, andy a'supporting bracket; FIG. 3 is a plan view of the unit illustrated in FIG. 2; and J FIG. 4 shows, on an enlarged scale, a view looking from the left in FIG. 2 of part of one limb of the mounting member and the slide which is incorporated in that limb.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT In the embodiment illustrated in the drawings a cornice 1 is mounted on the roof 2 of a building by means of a; number of substantially U-shaped mounting members generally known as irons which are secured to the roof at spaced intervals.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, upwardly directed limbs 4 and 5 of the mounting irons 3 are each provided with a longitudinally extending open ended guide channel 6. The mounting irons 3 illustrated in the drawings is manufactured from an extruded profile section of aluminum or other light metal, which is bent to a U-shaped configuration. The extruded section has longitudinally extending outwardly directed stiftening flanges 7.

A slide 8 of a plate-like shape complementary in section to that of the guide channel 6 is inserted into the guide channel 6 in each limb of each iron 3. Each slide 8 is secured by means of a rivet 9, 10 to a corresponding end of a supporting stirrup 11 of arcuate outline. Each supporting stirrup 11 is formed at its front end with a channel-shaped portion 12 which is bent in a direction towards the stirrup 11. v

An adjustment strip 14, arranged between the rear endV 13 of each supporting stirrup 11 and the slide 8 which is located within the corresponding guide channel 6 in the limb 5 of the mounting iron 3 carrying that stirrup, is adapted to be deformed to engage over the rear edge of a gutter length 15 supported on the stirrups 11. 'Ihe front edge of the gutter length 1S is formed as a bead 16 which, when the gutter length 15 is mounted in the irons 3, is inserted into the channel-shaped portion 12 of each of the stirrups 11 in which it is retained.

In order to be able to mount the gutter length 15 on a building at a predetermined inclination the slides 8 and the supporting stirrups 11 are adapted to be mounted at different heights on the mounting irons 3. For this purpose, according to the present invention, the limbs 4, 5 of each iron are provided with two rows of holes extending in a vertical direction parallel to each other. Each hole iS adapted to receive a locking member conveniently in the form of a screw 20 provided with a head 19. Each slide 8 is provided with two holes 21 and 22 respectively located at the same height and spaced apart by a distance equal to the spacing between the rows of holes 17, 18 in the limbs 4, 5. The holes 21 and 22 lie on a normal with respect to the pitch line of the rows of holes 17, 18. A screw 20, conveniently of the selftapping type (drivescrew) can be screwed into one of the holes 21 or 22 through an aligned hole in one of the rows 17 or 18. The holes `18, which are arranged at the same pitch 23 as the holes 17, are displaced vertically with respect to the holes '17, by half of one pitch. Thus the holes 17, 18in the two w's re arranged in zig-zag" layout.

The lower end 24 of a bent support bracket 25 can be inserted from above into the open end of the guide channel 6 in the rear limb S of a mounting iron 3. The bracket 25 is secured to the mounting iron 3 by means of one or more screws 26.- The support bracket 25 is also provided at its opposite end associated with roof surface with a number of holes 27 through which are passed attachment screws (not shown) for securing the bracket 2S to the roof 2.

The following procedure is preferably carried out during assembly and mounting of the gutter assembly to a root` of a building. First, the mounting irons 3, each provided with a supporting stirrup 11 and a plate-like slide 8 inserted into each limb 4, and with a support bracket 25, are secured to the roof surface at a uniform spacing in a manner known in itself. The supporting stirrups 11 are then adjusted so that a required inclination and fall is obtained for the gutter length 1S in a direction towards a downpipe (not shown). The screws 20 are inserted either in :a .hole 17 of the one row or in a hole 18 of the second row of each limb 4, 5 according to the desired inclination of the gutter, and are each screwed into a complementary hole 21, 22 in a respective slide 8. The gutter length 15 is itself inserted into the open upper ends of the irons 3 and the bead 16 is received in the channel-shaped portions 12. Thereafter the gutter length is secured to the mounting stirrups 11 by bending down the free end of the securing strips 14 over the rear edge of the gutter length. Finally, the cornice 1 is fitted in the usual manner.`

In modifications of the embodiment illustrated and described above the components comprising the gutter assembly may vary constructionally in various ways. For example, the holes in the rows 17, 18 may be arranged in pairs at Vone and the same height. In such a case, the two holes 21, 22 in the associated slides are arranged at dilerent heights with the vertical spacing between the holes 21 and 22 corresponding to half of one pitch between adjacent holes in the rows 17 or 18. f.

'y What I claim is:

1. (An improved gutter assembly for constructions provided with roof cornices, said cornices being carried by generally U-shaped mounting members, stirrups being arranged in said mounting members for supporting a gu-tter length, and upwardly directed limbs of the mounting members being constructed -as guides for slides between which opposite ends of the supporting stirrups are mounted, means being provided for adjustably securing the respective slides at predetermined heights for imparting the desired inclination of the gutter length supported inV the stirrups, the improvement comprising that each slide is provided with at least one hole adapted to be aligned with any hole in a row of generally vertically spaced holes in the limb in which that slide is guided, and a locking member is adapted to be inserted into the pair of aligned holes to maintain the slide at a predetermined height with respect to the limb in which it is guided.

2. An improved gutter assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein each limb is provided with two parallel rows of holes and each slide is provided with two holes which are spaced apart by a distance corresponding to the spacing between the two rows of holes in the limbs, the rows of holes in the limb and the holes in the slide being relatively displaced vertically to provide a range of hole alignment positions intermediate the pitch between adjacent holes in each of the two rows.

3. An improved gutter assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the holes in one row are mutually displaced ver- -tically with respect to the holes in the other row by substantially one-half of the spacing between adjacent holes in the rows, and the holes in the slide are at the same height and lie on a normal with respect to the pitch line of the rows.

4. An improved gutter assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein corresponding pairs of holes in the rows are aligned horizontally, and the holes in the slide are relatively displaced vertically by substantially one-half of the spacing between adjacent holes in the rows.

5. An improved gutter assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the locking member comprises a screw adapted to be received in a hole in the limb and screwed in-to an aligned hole in the slide.

6. An improved gutter assembly as claimed in claim 1. wherein is provided at least one support bracket for the assembly being secured at one end in a guide in a limb of a mounting member.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,632,036 6/1927 Mullen 24S-48.1

302,358 7/1884 Rock 24S-48.1

FOREIGN PATENTS 759,039 1956 Great Britain 24S-48.1

JOHN E. MURTAGH, Primary Examiner /U.S. Cl. XR. 52-11 

